2016 Vuelta a España, stage 15: Sabiñánigo > Aramón Formigal

[TourOfSardinia]

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I get the feeling that Felline will be a very useful teammate for Contador next year if he goes to Trek

It's confirmed, he will join Trek.

kinda Paolo Tiralongo

 

[Laplaz]

Froome is a disgrace

 

[Jelantik]

well.. it's not done yet. Froome could trim his lost by 1 minute on the climb or the GPS was just totatly wrong. Duh, commercial.. why it's so long??

 

[jsem94]

Damn Astana, working for a 9th place...

 

[Samamba]

Looks like the Tinkoff/Movi doms are almost done. Castro still going hard though.

 

[Descender]

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Dam commercial breaks

It's got to a point where it's just ridiculous. You miss half the race.

 

[Flamin]

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Lol, Quintana didn't take 3 seconds in the intermediate.

Maybe he prefers 3 minutes in GC after stage

Free seconds... probably just forgot.

 

[AlexNYC]

Castro Viejo has always been Quintana's best dom by far

 

[bigcog]

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Froome is a disgrace

Why ? Do you expect him to pull back the gap all by himself ?

 

[DFA123]

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Froome is a disgrace

Agree that it's pretty poor to see the strongest TTist and ride with most to lose from today, doing absolutely no work.

 

[TomLPC]

Mamykin collecting his 30 pieces

 

[Dazed and Confused]

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Looks like the Tinkoff/Movi doms are almost done. Castro still going hard though.

Methinks Rovny will continue to almost the end....

 

[Simurgh]

Tinkoff car giving a bottle to a Katusha rider...reminds me of the good ol' days (Tiralongo and Berto at Fuente Dé)

 

[burning]

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Did he seriously just ask Talansky and Valverde to help?

Another proof that skybots have no idea what to do when somebody else does something not planned.

the hate is on

Can you explain why on earth Froome asks Valverde to help? Wait, you can not

 

[hrotha]

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Froome is a disgrace

Why ? Do you expect him to pull back the gap all by himself ?

Actually, yes. Not to pull it back per se, but definitely to take responsibility when it's clear the mere doms won't do.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Henri Pélissier continues to win his argument that shorter stages make for more exciting racing

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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Did he seriously just ask Talansky and Valverde to help?

Another proof that skybots have no idea what to do when somebody else does something not planned.

the hate is on

It is true to some extent, although Sky has upped their tactical race skills since 2012 to be fair

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Did Froome upset the skybot union - they seem to be on a go slow - and might miss the time limit...

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Tinkoff car giving a bottle to a Katusha rider...reminds me of the good ol' days (Tiralongo and Berto at Fuente Dé)

Yeah

 

[TomLPC]

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Did he seriously just ask Talansky and Valverde to help?

Another proof that skybots have no idea what to do when somebody else does something not planned.

the hate is on

Can you explain why on earth Froome asks Valverde to help? Wait, you can not

I didn't know you were privy to froome and valverdes conversations, give us a hearty wave from the peloton so we know who you are

 

[Bolder]

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Froome is a disgrace

Relax, man.

 

[King Boonen]

Got the laptop!! Love it. What's Johnny5 going to do now..?

 

[MatParker117]

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Doesn't look good for Froome at all.
He can't rely solely on the time trial anymore.

This vuelta is Quintana's now. Unless Contador ambushes him too at some point but can't see Movistar letting that happen like Sky did.

I don't think there's much they could do there tired from yesterday and injury hit, this is a team missing Henao, Landa, Kwaitkowski and Intxausti all of whom would of made a massive difference to a day like today.

 

[Bogotano]

haha tinkoff giving bottle to katusha rider

 

[bob.a.feet]

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Tinkoff car giving a bottle to a Katusha rider...reminds me of the good ol' days (Tiralongo and Berto at Fuente Dé)

Yeah

Might have to update my avatar .